page_title: Soneda Station
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Soneda Station / History
caption_attribution_description: 長野電鉄2500系電車
context_page_description: Soneda Station is a train station located in the city of Fukushima, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan operated by Fukushima Kōtsū.
context_section_description: 1924, April 13 — Soneda Station opens along with the opening of the Fukushima Iizaka Tramway (福島飯坂電車軌道, Fukushima Iizaka Dennsha Kidō)
  1942 — Due to the section of track between Fukushima and Moriai (present-day Bijutsukantoshokanmae) being changed to dedicated tramway track, Soneda and Moriai stations are shut down. Moriai Station is reopened in a new location, and Dentetsu Fukushima Station (電鉄福島駅) (present-day Soneda Station) is opened.
  1962 — Dentetsu Fukushima Station is renamed to Soneda Station.
  2010 — Soneda is repainted to have a red roof and cream walls in the image of the Tokyu 5000 series trains that ran on the Iizaka Line until 1991.
caption: Tokyu 5000 series car operated by Nagano Electric Railway showing the color scheme the repainted station is based on
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